Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, continues to build its presence in Africa through a new codeshare agreement with kulula, South Africa’s award-winning low cost carrier.
Tumellano ea codeshare e fa bareki ba Etihad Airways khetho ea lifofane ho ea litoropong tse 'maloa tsa bohlokoa tsa Afrika Boroa tse kenyelletsang Cape Town, Durban, George le East London ka Johannesburg.
Etihad Airways e tla beha khoutu ea eona ea EY ho lifofane tse reriloeng tsa lula lipakeng tsa Johannesburg le litoropo tsena tse tsebahalang tse lebopong la leoatle. Tumellano ena e lumella baeti monyetla oa ho kena le ho fetisetsoa thoto sebakeng sa bona sa ho qetela.
The new codeshare services will go on sale from 3 October 2016, with travel from the start of the Northern Winter schedule on 30 October.
Tumellano le kulula e matlafatsa boitlamo ba Etihad Airways ho Afrika mme e tlisa palo yohle ya dibaka tseo e di sebeletsang ho phatlalla le kontinente ho tse 23 ka dilekane tsa yona tse seng di ntse di le teng tsa codeshare le Kenya Airways, Royal Air Maroc, le balekane ba mawa Air Seychelles.
Peter Baumgartner, Ofisiri e ka Sehloohong ea Phethahatso ea Etihad Airways, o itse: “kulula ke setsi sa lifofane se iqapetsoeng le se hapang likhau ’me tumellano ena e ncha ea codeshare e bontša litabatabelo tse ntseng li hola tsa Etihad Airways tsa ho matlafatsa tšebetso ea rona ho phatlalla le Afrika. Ka tumellano, kulula e tla fa bapalami ba kenang ka hare ho naha monyetla oa ho kena ka ho toba ho tloha Johannesburg ho ea libakeng tse 'nè tsa bohlokoa tse haufi le lebōpo la leoatle la Afrika Boroa,' me ke na le bonnete ba hore phihlello e atolositsoeng e fanoang ka selekane sena e tla ipiletsa ho baeti ba khoebo le ba boikhathollo ka ho tšoanang."
Erik Venter, Chief Executive Officer of kulula’s parent company, Comair, said: “We are delighted to be adding Etihad Airways to our growing list of strategic airline partnerships and are excited about exploring additional opportunities to expand on the relationship. We look forward to welcoming Etihad Airways’ customers on board our flights.”
